4/Chemicals and additives.AIR RELEASE AGENTS Akzo Nobel Akzo Nobel is a multinational company, active in the fields of healthcare products, coatings and chemicals. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the company has activities in more than 80 countries, and employs approximately 62,000 people. Chemicals Inc., NY AOC AOC, n an acronym for the Aromatherapy Organizations Council. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , Sub. of The Alpha Group, TN Buckman Laboratories, Inc., TN BYK- Chemie U.S.A. Inc., Plastics Div., CT Cognis Corp., Plastics Technology Div., PA Emerson & Cuming Specialty Polymers, MA The C.P. Hall Co., IL (D) Lescon Inc., ME (D) L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) PTM&W Industries, Inc., CA (C) Rhodia, Inc., NJ Stepan Co., Plastic & Fiber Additives, IL ANTIBLOCKING AGENTS Akcros Chemicals America, NJ Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., NY Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) Axel Axel: see Absalon. Plastics Research Laboratories, NY Baker Petrolite, Polymers Div., TX Cabot Corp., Cab-O-Sil Div., IL CasChem, Inc., NJ Celite Corp., CA Chemcentral Corp., IL (D) Chroma Short for "chrominance." The attributes of a color, which include its hue (frequency) and saturation (amount of black). See hue and saturation. Corp., IL Cognis Corp., Plastics Technology Div., PA Croda Universal Inc., NJ Crompton Corp., Plastics Additives, CT# The Dallas Group of Ameica, Inc., NJ Degussa Corp., NJ# Dow Corning Dow Corning is a multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, USA. Dow Corning specializes in silicon and silicone-based technology, offering more than 7,000 products and services. Dow Corning is equally owned by The Dow Chemical Company and Corning, Inc. Corp., MI DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE Eagle-Picher Minerals, Inc., Sub of Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., NV Eaglehard Corp., Appearance/Performance Technologies, NJ Franklynn Industries, Inc., OH Fuji Silysia Chemical, NC W.R. Grace & Co., Grace Davison, MD Grefco Minerals Inc., CA The C.P. Hall Co., IL J.M. Huber Corp., Chemicals Div., MD ICI (language) ICI - An extensible, interpretated language by Tim Long with syntax similar to C. ICI adds high-level garbage-collected associative data structures, exception handling, sets, regular expressions, and dynamic arrays. Surfactants, DE Imerys, Pigments & Additives Div., GA International Resources, Inc., MD L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Lonza Group Lonza Group is a Swiss chemicals and biotechnology company, headquartered in Basel. The firm provides a number of products and services to the pharmaceutical and life science industries, including organic fine and performance chemicals, custom manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals, , NJ# D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) Luzenac America, CO McGee Industries Inc., McLube Div., PA Midwest Color, IL Millenium Chemicals, MD Millenium Specialty Chemicals A Specialty chemical is a chemical produced for a specialized use. They are produced in lower volume than bulk chemicals, of which petrochemicals, made from oil feedstocks, are the most common. However, both are produced in a chemical plant. , Inc., MD Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) Polyesther Corp., NY (D) Potters Industries, Inc., PA Rohm and Haas Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE: ROH), a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based company, manufactures miscellaneous materials. A Fortune 500 Company, Rohm and Haas employs more than 17,000 people in 27 countries. The annual sales revenue of Rohm and Haas stands at about USD 8.2 billion. Co., Plastics Additives, PA# SCI (Scalable Coherent Interface) An IEEE standard for a high-speed bus that uses wire or fiber-optic cable. It can transfer data up to 1GBytes/sec. (hardware) SCI - 1. Scalable Coherent Interface. 2. UART. International (USA) Inc., NJ Seegott Inc., OH Seegott Inc., of N.J. NJ (D) Specialty Minerals Inc., Sub. of Mineral Technologies Inc., PA Stepan Co., Plastic & Fiber Additives, IL Struktol Co. of America, OH (D) 3M Specialty Materials, MN Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (C) Unichema North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , IL Unimim Specialty Minerals Inc., CT R.T. Vanderbilt Co., Inc., CT Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Inc., NJ (D) ANTIBLOCKING CONCENTRATES Americhem Inc., OH Ampacet Corp., NY Bayshore Industrial, Sub. of ICO ICO Icon (File Name Extension) ICO In Case Of ICO Information Commissioner's Office (UK) ICO Instituto de Crédito Oficial (Spain: Official Credit Institute) Polymers, TX CCC CCC A very speculative grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency. Such a rating indicates default or considerable doubt that interest will be paid or principal repaid. Also called Caa. Plastics, Ltd., ON Chroma Corp., IL Clariant Corp., MA Colorflo, Inc., NJ Colortech Inc., TN DuPont Co., Packaging & Industrial Polymers, DE EMS-Chemie (North America) Inc., SC Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Franklynn Industries, Inc., OH GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) Harwick Chemical Mfg. Corp., OH ICI Surfactants, DE Ingenia Polymers, Inc., ON (C) Ingenia Polymers, Inc., TX (C) Lanier Color Co., GA M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA (C) Midwest Color, IL Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) O'Neil Color & Componding Corp., NJ O'Neil Color & Componding Corp., TN Plastics Color Corp., NC PolyOne Corp., GA PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, GA Polyvel Inc., NJ Prime Colorants Inc., TN (C) A. Schulman, Inc., OH (C) Spartech Color, ON Standridege Color Corp., GA Techmer PM, LLC, TN (C) Techmer PM, LLC, CA Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apek Co., IR Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (C) ANTIFOGGING AGENTS Akcros Chemicals America, NJ Ampacet Corp., NY Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) CCC Plastics, LTD ON (D) Chemax Polymer Additives, SC Chroma Corp., IL Ciba Specialty Chemicals “Ciba” redirects here. For the pre-1971 company, see Novartis. Ciba Specialty Chemicals is a chemical company based in and near Basel, Switzerland. It was formed as the non-pharmaceuticals elements of Novartis were spun out in 1997, following the merger in the Corp., Additives Div., NY Cognis Corp., Plastics Technology Div., PA Croda Universal Inc., NJ Crompton Corp., Plastic Additives, CT# Exxene Corp., TX ICI Surfactants, DE Ishihara Corp., (U.S.A.), CA Lonza Group, NJ# Patco Additives Div., American Ingredients CO., MO PolyChem Alloy alloy (ăl`oi, əloi`) [O. Fr.,=combine], substance with metallic properties that consists of a metal fused with one or more metals or nonmetals. , Inc., NC (C) Polyvel Inc., NJ Rogers Anti-Static Chemicals, IL Stepan Co., Plastic & Fiber Additives, IL Techmer PM, LLC, TN (C) Techmer PM, LLC, CA Unichema North America, IL ANTIOXIDANTS Antioxidants Substances that reduce the damage of the highly reactive free radicals that are the byproducts of the cells. Mentioned in: Aging, Nutritional Supplements antioxidants, n. * Aceto Corp., NY (D) Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., PA Akcros Chemicals America, NJ Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., NY Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL * Albermarle Corp., LA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., PA * Avecia, TN * Burlington Scientific Corp., NY Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) * Chroma Corp., IL * Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., Additives Div., NY * Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC (1) See Portable Media Center. (2) (PCI Mezzanine Card) A PCI-based mezzanine card that is widely adapted to VMEbus, CompactPCI and PCI cards. Inc., OH * Clariant Corp., Pigments & Additives Dept., NC * Crompton Corp., Plastics Additives, CT * Crompton Corp., Olefins & Styrenics, CT * Cytec Industries Cytec Industries is a specialty chemicals and materials technology company with pro-forma sales in 2004, including the Surface Specialties acquisition, of approximately $3.0 billion. Cytec is a result of its spin-off from American Cyanamid Company. Inc., NJ * Dover Chemical Corp., Sub. of ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce Industries, Inc., OH Dow Chemical Co., MI * Eastman Chemical Co., TN Eliokem, Inc., OH * Fairmount Chemical Co., Inc., NJ General Color & Chemical Co. Inc., OH * Great Lakes Great Lakes, group of five freshwater lakes, central North America, creating a natural border between the United States and Canada and forming the largest body of freshwater in the world, with a combined surface area of c.95,000 sq mi (246,050 sq km). Chemical Corp., IN The C.P. Hall Co., IL (D) * Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc., NJ * Mayzo, Inc., GA * Merisol Antioxidants LLC, PA Midwest Color, IL Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) NanoMaterials, Inc., RI (D) Plastic Process Equipment, Inc., OH# PMC Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH * Rhodia, Inc., NJ * Schenectady International, NY 3-V Chemical Corp., NC Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (C) R.T. Vanderbilt Co., Inc., CT ANTIOXIDANT antioxidant, substance that prevents or slows the breakdown of another substance by oxygen. Synthetic and natural antioxidants are used to slow the deterioration of gasoline and rubber, and such antioxidants as vitamin C (ascorbic acid), butylated hydroxytoluene CONCENTRATES * Akrochem corp., OH AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) * Americhem Inc., OH Ampacet Corp., NY Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) Bayshore Industrial, Sub. of ICO Polymers, TX Brenntag Canada Inc., Colors Div., ON CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON * Chroma Corp., IL Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH * Clariant Corp., MA Clariant Corp., Additive/Masterbatches, VA Colorco Inc., NJ Colorflo, Inc., NJ Colortech Inc., TN Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ * Eastman Chemical Co., TN Ferro Corp., Liquid Coatings & Dispersions Div., NJ# Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH * Flow Polymers, Inc., OH * Harwick Chemical Mfg. Corp., OH * HiTech Polymers, Inc., KY Ingenia Polymers, Inc., ON (C) Ingenia Polymers, Inc., TX (C) Lancer Dispersions, Inc., OH Lanier Color Co., GA M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA (C) Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Maruzen America, Inc., Maruzen Petrochemicals, NY Midwest Color, IL Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) O'Neil Color and Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neil Color and Compounding Corp., TN Peacock peacock or peafowl, large bird of the genus Pavo, in the pheasant family, native to E Asia. There are two main species, the common (Pavo cristatus), and the Javanese (P. Colors, IL * Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Plastics Color Corp., NC PMC Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Polymer Concentrates, Inc., MA (C) Polymer Processing Technology, Inc., MA (C) PolyOne Corp., GA * PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, GA PolyReps Inc., NC (C) Polyvel Inc., NJ Riverdale Color Mfg., Inc., NJ * A. Schulman, Inc., OH (C) Spartech Color, ON * Standridge Color Corp., GA * Techmer PM, LLC, TN (C) Techmer PM, LLC, CA * Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (C) ANTISTATS Aceto Corp., NY (D) ACL See access control list. 1. ACL - Access Control List. 2. ACL - Association for Computational Linguistics. 3. ACL - A Coroutine Language. A Pascal-based implementation of coroutines. ["Coroutines", C.D. Inc./Statcide, IL ACLO ACLO Air Cadet Liaison Officer Compounders, Inc., ON (C) Akcros Chemicals America, NJ Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Alframine Corp., NJ Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, NY BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida Corp., Chemicals Div., NJ Bekaert Corp., Bekaert Fibre Technologies, NC Bond Corp., IL Budget Molders Supply, Inc., OH Cabot Corp., Special Blacks Div., MA CasChem, Inc., NJ CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Cinemax Polymer Additives, SC Ciba Specialty Chemicals corp., Additives Div., NY Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Coatings Resource Corp., CA (D) Cognis Corp., Plastic Technology Div., PA Composition Materials Co., Inc., CT (D) Croda Universal Inc., NJ Crompton Corp., Plastics Additives, CT# Cytec Industries Inc., NJ The Dallas Group of America, Inc., NJ Degussa Corp., NJ# Dow Chemical Co., MI Dow Corning Corp., MI DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE Engineered Polymers, MA (C) ESD (1) (Electronic Software Distribution) Distributing new software and upgrades via the network rather than individual installations on each machine. See ESL. Systems, Static Control Div., MA General Color & Chemical Co. Inc., OH The C.P. Hall Co., IL J.M. Huber Corp., Chemicals Div., MD ICI Surfactants, DE JacksonLea, CT Charles M. Jessup, Inc., NJ (D) Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc., NJ L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Lonza Group, NJ# Martin Color-Fi, Inc., SC Maxi-Blast Inc., IN Meech Static Eliminators, USA, OH Midwest Color, IL Miller- Stephenson Chemical Co., Inc., CT Milleken Chemical Div., Milliken & Co., SC Northern Supply Co., MN (D) Noveon Static Control Polymers, OH (C) O'Neill Color & Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neill Color & Compounding Corp., TN Patco Additives Div., American Ingredients Co., MO Plastic Process Equipment, Inc., OH# Plastiflex Co., Inc., CA PMC Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Polymer Products Co., Inc., PA Price-Driscoll Corp., CT Rhodia, Inc., NJ Rogers-Anti-Static Chemicals, IL Seegott Inc., OH Specialty Products Co., NJ Stepan Co., Plastic & Fiber Additives, IL 3-V Chemical Corp., NC Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (C) Transmet Corp., OH ANTISTAT CONCENTRATES ACL Inc./Staticide, IL Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Alframine Corp., NJ Americhem Inc., OH Ampacet Corp., NY Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) Bond Corp., IL Brenntag Canada Inc., Colors Div., ON Budget Molders Supply, Inc., OH CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON Chroma Corp., IL Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Clariant Corp., MA Clariant Corp., Additive/Masterbatches, VA Colorco Inc., NJ Colorflo, Inc., NJ Colortech Inc., TN Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) ICI Surfactants, DE Ingenia Polymers, Inc., ON (C) Ingenia Polymers, Inc., TX (C) Lancer Dispersions, Inc., OH Lanier Color Co., GA Lescon Inc., ME (D) M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA (C) Marco Color, Laboratory, Inc., CA J. Meyer & Sons, Inc., PA Midwest Color, IL Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) Nylon Molding Corp., CA Peacock Colors, IL Plastics Color Corp., NC PMC Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH PolyChem Alloy, Inc., NC (C) Polymer Concentrates, Inc., MA (C) Polymer Products Co., Inc., PA PolyONe Corp., GA PolyONe Corp., Distribution Group, GA PolyReps Inc., NC (C) Polyvel Inc., NJ Price-Driscoll Corp., CT Prime Colorants Inc., TN (C) Riverdale Color Mfg., Inc., NJ A. Schulman, Inc., OH (C) Spartech Color, ON Specialty Products Co., NJ Stepan Co., Plastic & Fiber Additives, IL Techmer PM, LLC, TN (C) Techmer PM, LLC, CA Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI Tomen America Inc., NY Uniform Color Co., MI BIOCIDES AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission , Inc., IL Akcros Chemicals America, NJ Aqua-Flo Inc., MD Arch Chemicals Founded in 1999, Arch Chemicals (NYSE: ARJ) is a biocides company with over a billion dollars in annual sales. It consists of four divisions:
Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) Bayer Polymers LLC, PA Brenntag Canada Inc., ON (D) Buckman Laboratories, Inc., TN Burlington Scientific Corp., NY Calgon Corp., Sub. of English China Clays china clay, one of the purest of the clays, composed chiefly of the mineral kaolinite usually formed when granite is changed by hydrothermal metamorphism. Usage of the terms china clay and kaolin , PA Chemcentral Corp., IL (D) Dow Chemical Co., MI DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE Engelhard Corp., Appearance/Performance Technologies, NJ Ferro Corp., Polymer Additives Div., OH Industrotech, MI Lonza Group, NJ# D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) Mateson Chemical Corp., PA (C) Milliken Chemical Div., Milliken & Co., SC O'Neill Color & Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neill Color & Compounding Corp., TN Rhodia, Inc., NJ Rogers Anti-Static Chemicals, IL Rohm and Haas Co., Plastics Additives, PA# Sanitized san·i·tize tr.v. san·i·tized, san·i·tiz·ing, san·i·tiz·es 1. To make sanitary, as by cleaning or disinfecting. 2. Inc., CT Seegott Inc., of N.J (D) Techmer PM, LLC, TN (C) Techmer PM, LLC, CA Troy Corp., NJ R.T. Vanderbilt Co., Inc., CT Verichem Inc., PA BLOWING AGENTS Chemical Type AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) * AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., Organic Chemicals Div., PA AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., PA * Bergen International, NJ# * Biddle Sawyer Corp., NY (D) Brenntag Canada Inc., ON (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) * Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Coatings Resource Corp., CA * Crompton Corp., Olefins & Styrenics, CT# Crompton Corp., Plastics Additives, CT# * DJ Semichem, Inc., NH * Dow Chemical Co., MI * Endex International, IL * EPI EPI exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. Environmental Plastics Inc., TX * Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Foam Enterprises, Inc., MN GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) General Color & Chemical Co., Inc., OH * J.M. Huber Corp., Chemicals Div. MD MPH Enterprises, CA (D) Polymer Processing Technology, Inc., MA PolyReps Inc., NC (C) * polyVisions, Inc., PA * Reedy reed·y adj. reed·i·er, reed·i·est 1. Full of reeds. 2. Made of reeds. 3. Resembling a reed, especially in being thin or fragile: International Corp., NJ * Regency Regency, in British history, the period of the last nine years (1811–20) of the reign of George III, when the king's insanity had rendered him unfit to rule and the government was vested in the prince of Wales (later George IV) as regent. Sales, Inc., CA SCI International (USA) Inc., NJ Specialty Rubber Chemicals Co., PA BLOWING AGENTS Concentrates ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON (C) * Akrochem Corp., OH * Americhem Inc., OH * Ampacet Corp., NY Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ Bergen International, NJ# Breen Color Concentrates, Inc., NJ Carolina Color Corp., NC Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) * Chroma Corp, IL * Clariant Corp., MA * Clariant Corp., MA * Clariant Corp., Additive/Masterbatches, VA Coatings Resource Corp., CA Colorflo, Inc., NJ Colortech Inc., TN Cylatec Inc., OH Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) Dupont Co., Packaging & Industrial Polymers, DE * Endex International, IL EPI Environmental Plastics Inc., TX Ferro Corp., Liquid Coatings & Dispersions Div., NJ# * Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH * HiTech Polymers, Inc., KY Lanier Color Co., GA * LNP (Local Number Portability) The capability of keeping the same local telephone number when switching carriers. See NP and WLNP. Engineering Plastics Inc., Sub. of GE Plastics, PA M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA (C) Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Phaze II LLC, CT Plastics Color & Compounding, CT PolyChem Alloy, Inc., NC (C) * PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, GA PolyReps Inc., NC (C) * Polyvel Inc., NJ Prime Colorants Inc., TN (C) Reedy International Corp., NJ Riverdale Color Mfg., Inc., NJ * A. Schulman, Inc., OH (C) * Spartech Color, ON Specialty Rubber Chemicals Co., PA Techmer PM, LLC, CA Techmer PM, LLC, TN (C) * Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI * Washington Penn Plastic Co., Inc., PA BLOWING AGENTS Physical Type Air Liquid America LP, TX Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., PA Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL BOC (Bell Operating Company) One of 22 companies that was formerly part of AT&T and later organized into seven regional companies. See RBOC. Gases, NJ Brenntag Canada Inc., ON (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Cylatec Inc., OH Dow Chemical Co., MI * DuPont Co., Chemical Dept., DE * Expancel Inc., GA Honeywell, Flourine Products, NJ Intercool Energy Corp., NY * LaRoche Industries Inc., LA MG Industries, Gas Products, PA Phillips 66 Co., Specialty Solvents, TX * PolyChem Alloy, Inc., NC (C) Reedy International Corp., NJ Solvay Fluorides Inc., MO Trexel Inc., MA CATALYSTS AND CURING AGENTS Epoxy epoxy Any of a class of thermosetting polymers, polyethers built up from monomers with an ether group that takes the form of a three-membered epoxide ring. The familiar two-part epoxy adhesives consist of a resin with epoxide rings at the ends of its molecules and a curing Catalysts Aerojet, Specialty Chemicals & Materials, CA Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., PA Ajinomoto USA, Inc., NJ Albemarle Corp., LA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., OH (D) Inc., OH Composites One LLC, IL (D) Crosslink Technologies, Inc., IN Degussa Corp., Construction Polymers Div., GA Dow Chemical Co., MI DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE Emerson & Cuming Specialty Polymers, MA Epoxies This article is about the band named the Epoxies. For the adhesive, see Epoxy. The Epoxies are an American band from Portland, Oregon formed in 2000. Heavily influenced by punk rock and New Wave the band has described themselves as robot garage rock. , Etc., RI Epoxy Technology, Inc., MA H.B. Fuller Co., MN Hastings Plastics Co., CA Hercules Inc., DE Landec Corp., CA (C) Leepoxy Plastics, Inc., IN L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Lonza Group, NJ# Lord Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) Rhodia, Inc., NJ Seegott Inc., N.J., NJ Shell Chemical Co., TX Solutia Inc Solutia Inc. is a chemical production company. It was formed in 1997 as a spin-off of Monsanto Company. History Monsanto's core business was chemicals, and so Solutia traces its antecedents back to the foundation of Monsanto in St. Louis in 1901. ., Specialty Cbemicals Div., MO 3M, Product Information Center, MN CATALYSTS AND CURING AGENTS Epoxy Hardeners Abatron, Inc., WI Adtech Plastic Systems Corp., MI (C) Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., PA Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Albemarle Corp., LA AllChem Industries Inc.,FL (D) American Resin Corp., TX Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ Arizona Chemical, FL Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., TN Organic Chemicals Div., PA Bacon Industries, Inc., MA BASF Corp., Chemicals Div., NJ Buckman Laboratories, Inc., TN Cardolite Corp., NJ CasChem, Inc., NJ CASS CASS Cardiology, cardiovascular surgery A randomized, open label, multicenter trial that compared the outcomes of CABG vs. medical therapy on M&M in Pts with coronary artery disease after an MI. See Angina, CABG, Silent ischemia. Polymers of Michigan, MI (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Composite Materials composite material or composite, any material made from at least two discrete substances, such as concrete. Many materials are produced as composites, such as the fiberglass-reinforced plastics used for automobile bodies and boat hulls, but the , Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) Composites One LLC, IL (D) Crosslink Technologies, Inc., IN Crosslink Technology Inc., ON (C) Cytec Industries Inc., NY Degussa Corp., Construction Polymers Div., GA Dexter dexter /dex·ter/ (deks´ter) [L.] right; on the right side. dex·ter adj. Of or located on the right side. Corp., Hysol Div., NY Dow Chemical Co., MI DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE Elements Specialties Inc., NJ Emerson & Cuming Composite Materials, Inc., MA Emerson & Cuming Specialty Polymers, MA Epic Resins resins, n.pl complex, insoluble, sticky substances secreted by plants. Used as astringents, antimicrobials, and antiinflammatories, and are burned as incense. Can cause oral ulcers and epidermal irritations. , Div., of General Fiberglass fiberglass, thread made from glass. It is made by forcing molten glass through a kind of sieve, thereby spinning it into threads. Fiberglass is strong, durable, and impervious to many caustics and to extreme temperatures. Supply Inc., WI (D) Epoxies, Etc., RI Epoxy Technology, Inc., MA H.B. Fuller Co., MN Furane Products, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., CA Georgia-Pacific Corp., GA Huntsman Advanced Materials Advanced Materials is a leading peer-reviewed materials science journal published every two weeks. Advanced Materials includes Communications, Reviews, and Feature Articles from the cutting edge of materials science, including topics in chemistry, physics, , NY Huntsman Petrochemical petrochemical, any one of a large group of chemicals derived from a component of petroleum or natural gas. The cracking processes for manufacturing gasoline produce vast quantities of gaseous hydrocarbons. Corp., TX International Resources, Inc., MD Landec Corp., CA (C) LC United Chemical Corp., Leepoxy Plastics, Inc., IN L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Lonza Group, NJ# Lord Inc., MA Lubrizol Corp., OH Maruzen America, Inc., Maruzen Petrochemicals, NY Mereco Products Div., Metachem Resins Corp., RI Miller-Stephenson Chemical Co., Inc., CT Milliken Chemical Div., Milliken & Co., SC New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. Resins & Pigments Corp., MA OMG (1) See Object Management Group. (2) "Oh my God!" See digispeak. OMG - Object Management Group Americas, Metal Organics, OH Pharmaports LLC, NJ (D) Piedmont Piedmont, region, Italy Piedmont (pēd`mŏnt), Ital. Piemonte, region (1991 pop. 4,302,565), 9,807 sq mi (25,400 sq km), NW Italy, bordering on France in the west and on Switzerland in the north. Plastics, MD (D) PMC Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc. OH PTM&W Industries, Inc., CA (C) Reichold, Inc., Global Composites, NC Resin Services, Inc., MI H.W. Sands Corp., FL (D) Seegott Inc. of N.J., NJ Shell Chemical Co., TX 3M, Product Information Center, MN Thermoset A polymer-based liquid or powder that becomes solid when heated, placed under pressure, treated with a chemical or via radiation. The curing process creates a chemical bond that, unlike a thermoplastic, prevents the material from being remelted. See thermoplastic. , Lord Chemical Products, IN Tra-Con Inc., MA United Resin Corp., MI Von Roll Von Roll was a Swiss aerial tramway and industrial manufacturing company. Perhaps Von Roll's best known products were the small monorails often found in amusement parks. The company was taken over by Austrian manufacturer Doppelmayr in 1996. Isola, CT CATALYSTS AND CURING AGENTS Polyester polyester, synthetic fiber, produced by the polymerization of the product formed when an alcohol and organic acid react. The outstanding characteristic of polyesters is their ability to resist wrinkling and to spring back into shape when creased. Catalysts, Initiators * ABCO ABCO Angelo Brothers Company Industries, Inc., SC Advance Coatings Co., MA (D) * Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) * AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., Organic Peroxides Organic peroxides are organic compounds containing the peroxide functional group (ROOR'). If the R' is hydrogen, the compound is called an organic hydroperoxide. Peresters have general structure RC(O)OOR. Div., PA CASS Polymers of Michigan, MI (D) * Catalyst Systems, Inc., OH Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Composite Materials, CA (D) Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) Composites One LLC, IL (D) * Crompton Corp., Olefins & Styrenics, CT# * Degussa Initiators LLC, OH * DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE FRP FRP Fremskrittspartiet (Norwegian: Progress Party; political party) FRP Fiberglass-Reinforced Plastic FRP Fiber Reinforced Polymer FRP Fibre Reinforced Polymer FRP Fleet Response Plan (US Navy) Supply, Div., of Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) H.B. Fuller Co., MN Hastings Plastics Co., CA * Hercules Inc., DE HK Research Corp., NC (D) Huntsman Advance Materials, NY International Resources, Inc., MD Interplastic Distribution Corp., MN (D) Landec Corp., CA (C) Lilly Industries, Inc., CA (D) L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) * Norac Co., Inc., CA Occidental oc·ci·den·tal or Oc·ci·den·tal adj. Of or relating to the countries of the Occident or their peoples or cultures; western. n. A native or inhabitant of an Occidental country; a westerner. Noun 1. Chemical Corp., Laurel Laurel, cities, United States Laurel. 1 Town (1990 pop. 19,438), Prince Georges co., central Md., about halfway between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore; patented in the late 1600s, inc. 1870. Industries Inc., TX OMG Americas, Metal Organics, OH PPG Industries PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) was founded in 1883 as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. PPG is an American manufacturer of glass and chemical products, including automotive safety glass. , Fiber Glass Products, PA H.W. Sands Corp.,FL (D) Shepherd Chemical Co., OH Troy Corp., NJ CATALYSTS AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. CURING AGENTS Polyester Promoters, Accelerators Advance Coatings Co., MA Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., PA Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Inc., IL AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) Avecia, TN Composites One LLC, IL (D) * Eastman Chemical Co., TN Huntsman Advanced Materials, NY Landec Corp., CA (C) Lilly Industries, Inc., CA (D) * OMG Americas, Metal Organics, OH Rhodia, Inc., NJ CATALYSTS AND CURING AGENTS Polyester Inhibitors * Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) Catalyst Systems, Inc., OH Composites One LLC, IL (D) Rhodia, Inc., NJ CATALYSTS AND CURING AGENTS Urethane urethane (yoor´ithān´), n ethyl carbamate used as an anesthetic agent for laboratory animals, formerly used as a hypnotic in humans. Catalysts * Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., PA * Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., NY * Albemarie Corp., LA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ Angus Chemical Co., Sub. of Dow Chemical Co., IL Asland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) * AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., Organic Chemicals Div., PA * BASF Corp., Chemicals Div., NJ * Buckman Laboratories, Inc., TN * CasChem, Inc., NJ CASS Polymers of Michigan, MI (D) * Catalyst Systems, Inc., OH CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) * Cytec Industries Inc., NY Dexter Electronic Materials, NY Dow Chemical Co., MI DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE * Enterprise Chemical Co., OH * Ferro Corp., Polymer Additives Div., OH * Focus Chemical Corp., NH (D) H.B. Fuller Co., MN Furane Products, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., GA * GE Silicones, NY * Huntsman Petrochemical Corp., TX Innovative Polymers, Inc., MI (C) International Resources, Inc., MD * Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc., NJ Landec Corp., CA (C) L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Mereco Products Div., Metachem Resins Corp., RI Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) Nitroil Performance Chemical Int'l Co., TX * OMG Americas, Metal Organics, OH PNC PNC Purdue University North Central (Westville, Indiana) PnC Point 'n Click PNC Police National Computer PNC People's National Congress (Guyana) PNC People's National Congress Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Polyesther Corp., NY (D) * Reagancs USA Inc., TX Seegott Inc., of N.J., NJ * Shepherd Chemical Co., OH * Sloss Industries Corp., AL 3M, Product Information Center, MN CATALYSTS AND CURING AGENTS Urethane Crosslinkers, Chain Extenders * Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., PA Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., FL AlbeMarie Corp., LA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) * Anderson Development Co., MI Arch Chemicals, Inc., CT Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) Bostik, MA * CasChem, Inc., NJ * Crompton Corp., Uniroyal Chemical, CT# Crosslink Technology Inc., ON Cytec Industries Inc., NJ DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE H.B. Fuller Co., MN J.M. Huber Corp., Chemicals Div., MD Huntsman Petrochemical Corp., TX Indspec Chemical Corp., PA International Resources, Inc., MD Lescon Inc., ME (D) Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) PTM&W Industries, Inc., CA (C) Seegott Inc., of N.J., NJ TriQuest, LP, A ChemFirst Co., TX UOP LLC UOP LLC, formerly known as Universal Oil Products, is a multi-national company developing and delivering technology to the petroleum refining, gas processing, petrochemical production and major manufacturing industries. , IL COLORANTS Concentrates, Liquid or Paste * Abatron, Inc., WI * Advance Coatings Co., MA * Akrochem Corp., OH AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) * American Colors, Inc., OH * Americhem Inc., OH * AOC LLC, Sub. of The Alpha Group, TN Ashland Specialty Chemical Co., Composite Polymers Div., OH * Bayer Corp., Coatings & Specialty Products, PA Brenntag Canada Inc., ON (C) * Carolina Color Corp., NC CASS Polymers of Michigan, MI (D) * CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON * CDI CDI compact disc interactive: a system for storing a mix of software, data, audio, and compressed video for interactive use under processor control Dispersions, NJ Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) * Chroma Corp., IL Clariant Corp., MA Coating Systems, NH Coatings Resource Corp., CA Color Technology, Inc., MA * Colorco Inc., NJ * Colorflo, Inc., NJ * Colormatrix Corp., OH Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) * Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ Day-Glo Color Corp., OH * Dunlop Plastics Canada, ON (C) * Eckart America LP, KY Emerson & Cuming Specialty Polymers, MA Epoxies, Etc., RI Epoxy Technology, Inc., MA * Ferro Corp., Liquid Coatings & Dispersion dispersion, in chemistry dispersion, in chemistry, mixture in which fine particles of one substance are scattered throughout another substance. A dispersion is classed as a suspension, colloid, or solution. Div., NJ# Ferro Corp., Liquid Coatings & Dispersion Div., IN * Ferro Corp., Plastics Colorants Div., OH Flow Polymers, Inc., OH FRP Supply, Div. of Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) H.B. Fuller Co., MN General Color & Chemical Co., Inc., OH * Harwick Chemical Mfg. Corp., OH Hastings Plastics Co., CA HK Research Corp., NC * Holland Colors Americas Inc., IN (D) Innovative Polymers, Inc., MI (C) * Interplastic Corp., Thermoset Resins Div., MN Lescon Inc., ME (D) * Lilly Industries, Inc., CA L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) * Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA MD-Both Industries, MA * Mereco Products Div., Metachem Resins Corp., RI Mica-Tek Div., All Plastics, Inc., MI * Milliken Chemical Div., Milliken & Co., SC Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) MPH Enterprises, CA (D) * MRS MRS - Modifiable Representation System. An integration of logic programming into Lisp. ["A Modifiable Representation System", M. Genesereth et al, HPP 80-22, CS Dept Stanford U 1980]. Chemicals, Inc., NC Neste Polyester Inc., AR * Peacock Colors, IL * Penn Color, Inc., PA Permalite Plastics, MKS (Mortice Kern Systems Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, www.mks.com) A software company that specializes in programming tools and utilities for a variety of platforms. For example, its RCS system for Windows, OS/2 and Unix is a version control software package. Color Composites Div., CA Plasticolors, Inc., OH * Plasticolour, PQ Polymer Color Services LLC, Southeast Div., SC * PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group GA PolyReps Inc., NC (D) Prime Colorants Inc., TN * P.S.H. Industries Inc., IL R&S Manufacturing & Supply, CA (D) * Rhetech Colors, OH * Riverdale Color Mfg., Inc., NJ * W.J. Ruscoe Co., Coatings Div., OH Seegott Inc., of N.J., NJ * Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc., PA Stahl USA, Permuthane Coatings., MA Strathmore Products Inc., NY * Techmer PM, LLC , TN (C) * Techmer PM, LLC, CA * Teknor Color Co., Div., of Tecknor Apex Co., RI Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Universal Color Dispersions, Rohm and Haas, IL * Warner-Jenkins Co., Div. of Sensient Technologies, MO Wolstenholme International Inc., IL COLORANTS Concentrates, Solid * Adell Plastics Inc., MD * Akrochem Corp., OH AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Allen Technologies, CT (D) AlphaGary Corp., MA * Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY (D) American Fillers & Adbrasives, Inc., MI (C) * Americhem Inc., OH * Amatek, Inc., Westchester PLastics, PA (C) * Ampacet Corp., NY * Breen Color Concentrates, Inc., NJ * Brenntag Canada Inc., Colors Div., ON Brenntag Canada Inc., ON (C) * Carolina Color Corp., NC Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) * Chroma Corp., IL * Chromatics chro·mat·ics n. (used with a sing. verb) The scientific study of color. chro  ma·tist n. Inc., CT * Claremont Flock flock 1. a group of one species of animal or bird which eats or travels or is kept together, e.g. flock of sheep, of wild geese. 2. wool or cotton particles or debris used as stuffing or packing. Corp., MA * Clariant Corp., IL Clariant Corp., Masterbatches Div., DE Color & Composite Technologies, Inc., OH * Color Formulators Div., Prime Colorants, Inc., TN * Color Technology, Inc., MA * Colorco Inc., NJ * Colorflo, Inc., NJ * Colortech Inc., TN * CSI CSI Crime Scene Investigator CSI CompuServe, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) CSI Crime Scene Investigation (CBS TV show) CSI Christian Schools International Plastics Inc., MA (D) * Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ Delta Polymers Co., MI Dunlop PLastics Canada, ON (C) * Eastman Chemical Co., TN * Eckart America LP, KY * Elkem Materials Inc., PA * Federal Plastics Corp., NJ (C) * Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH * Fluortek Compounding, Inc., PA (C) * FM Group Inc., NY Foster Corp., CT (C) GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) * General Color & Chemical Co., Inc., OH * Harwick Chemical Mfg., Corp., OH HiTech Polymers, Inc., KY (C) * Holland Colors Americas Inc., IN Howard Industries Howard Industries is an electrical products manufacturer located in Laurel, Mississippi. Howard Industries was founded in 1968. Howard Industries is currently the world's largest manufacturer of distribution transformers, and is the largest employer in Laurel, as well as one of the , Inc., OH Ingenia Polymers, Inc., ON (C) Ingenia Polymers, Inc., TX (C) JLM JLM Jesus Loves Me JLM Just Like Me JLM Junior League of Memphis JLM Junior League of Minneapolis JLM Junior League of Mobile JLM Junior League of Madison JLM Junior League of Montgomery JLM Junior League of Miami, Inc. JLM Junior League of McAllen, Inc. Engineering Resins, Div. of JLM Marketing Inc., FL (D) Keystone key·stone n. 1. Architecture The central wedge-shaped stone of an arch that locks its parts together. Also called headstone. 2. The central supporting element of a whole. Anline Corp., IL * Lancer Dispersions, Inc., OH Lanier Color Co., GA * LioChem Inc., GA L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA (C) * Magruder Color, NJ * Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA (C) Ronald Mark Associates, NJ (D) Martin Color-Fi, Inc., SC * Marval Industries, Inc., NY MD-Both Industries, Inc., NY * J. Meyer & Sons, Inc., PA Mica-Tek Div.,, All Plastics, Inc., MI * Midwest Color, IL * Milliken Chemical Div., Milliken & Co., SC Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) * National Plastics, Inc., MA * New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). Plastics, Inc., NH * O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., TN * Penn Color, Inc., PA Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA (D) * Plastics Color & Compounding, CT * Plastics Color Corp., NC Plastiflex Co., Inc., CA Polymart Inc., DE Polymer Color Services LLC, Southeast Div., SC * Polymer Concentrates, Inc., MA (C) PolyOne Corp., GA PolyOne Corp., IL (D) * PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, GA Polyvel Inc., NJ * polyVisions, Inc., PA Primary Colors those developed from the solar beam by the prism, viz., red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, which are reduced by some authors to three, - red, green, and violet-blue. These three are sometimes called fundamental colors. See under Color. See also: Color Primary , Inc., MA (C) * Prime Colorants Inc., TN R & S Manufacturing & Supply, CA (D) Rhetech Colors, OH Riverdale Color Mfg., Inc., NJ * Rondy & Co., Inc., OH * Safas Corp., NJ * A. Schulman, Inc., OH (C) * Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc., PA * Southwest Chemical Services, Inc., TX * Spartech Color, ON * Spectra Industries Inc., Specialty Chemicals Div., MD Spectra Plastics & Colors, Inc., NY * Spiral Plastics & Colors Div., Washington Penn Plastics Co., Inc., PA Stahl USA, Permuthane Coatings, MA * Standridge Color Corp., GA * Techmer PM, LLC, TN (C) * Techmer PM, LLC, CA * Tecknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI TP Composites, Inc., PA Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (C) * Uniform Color Co., MI Universal Plastic Color Corp., NJ * U.S. Synthetics Corp., MA Vi-Chem Corp., MI (C) * Washington Penn Plastics Co., Inc., PA COLORANTS Dyes, Pigments AArbor International Corp., MI Akrochem Corp., OH (D) Alcoa World Chemicals, AR AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Allen Technologies, CT (D) * Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY (C) Arizona Cultured Stone Products, AZ Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) * BASF Corp., Colorants & Additives, NY * Bayer Corp., Coatings & Specialty Products, PA Bayer Polymers LLC, PA * Brenntag Canada Inc., Colors Div., ON Brenntag Canada Inc., ON Cabot Corp., Special Blacks Div., MA * Chemcentral Corp., IL (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) * Chroma Corp., IL * Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., Pigments Div., NC Clariant Corp., MA * Clariant Corp., Pigments & Additives Dept., NC * Cleveland Pigments & Color Co., OH (D) Coatings Resource Corp., CA * ColorChem International Corp., GA * Colorflo, Inc., NJ * Columbian Chemicals Co., GA Composites One LLC, IL (D) Crompton & Knowles Colors Inc., NC * Daicolor-Pope Inc., NJ * Day-Glo Color Corp., OH * Degussa Corp., NJ# * Delta Colours., GA D.J. Enterprises, Inc., OH * Dominion dominion, power to rule, or that which is subject to rule. Before 1949 the term was used officially to describe the self-governing countries of the Commonwealth of Nations—e.g., Canada, Australia, or India. Colour Corp., ON Dunlop Plastics Canada, ON (C) * DuPont Titanium titanium (tītā`nēəm, tĭ–) [from Titan], metallic chemical element; symbol Ti; at. no. 22; at. wt. 47.88; m.p. 1,675°C;; b.p. 3,260°C;; sp. gr. 4.54 at 20°C;; valence +2, +3, or +4. Technologies, DE * Ebonex Corp., MI * Eckart America LP, KY Elementis Specialities, NJ * EMD EMD Electromechanical dissociation, see there Chemicals Inc., Pigment pigment, substance that imparts color to other materials. In paint, the pigment is a powdered substance which, when mixed in the liquid vehicle, imparts color to a painted surface. Div., NY * Engelhard Corp., Appearance/Performance Technologies, NJ Epolin Inc., NJ * Ferro Corp., Performance Pigments, OH * FM Group Inc., NY Gem Gravure Co., INc., MA * General Color & Chemical Co. Inc., OH Glitterex Corp., NJ * Hanovia, NJ * Harwick Chemical Mfg., Corp., OH Hastings Plastics Co., CA * Heucotech Ltd., PA * Holland Colors Americas Inc., IN Honeywell, Specialty Wax & Additives, NJ * Huntsman Tioxide, IL Ishihara Corp., (U.S.A.), CA * Johnson Matthey Johnson Matthey plc (LSE: JMAT) is a British chemical company which has its headquarters near Holborn in central London. It is traded on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Ceramics Inc., PA * Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp., OK * Keystone Aniline aniline (ăn`əlĭn), C6H5NH2, colorless, oily, basic liquid organic compound; chemically, a primary aromatic amine whose molecule is formed by replacing one hydrogen atom of a benzene molecule with an amino Corp., IL * Kronos, Inc., NJ Lanier Color Co., GA (C) * Lansco Colors, Landers-Segal Color Co., Inc., NJ (D) L.V. Lomas, Ltd., ON (D) D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) * Magruder Color, NJ * Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Martin Color-Fi, Inc., SC * MD-Both Industries, Inc., NY * Meadowbrook Inventions, Inc., NJ * Mica-Tek Div., All Plastics, Inc., MI Millenium Chemicals, MD * Millenium Specialty Chemicals, Inc., MD Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) NanoMaterials, Inc., RI (D) NW Roto Fab Inc., FL * O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., TN Paramount Chemicals, Inc., IL * Passaic Color & Chemicals Co., NJ * Peacock Colors, IL Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA (D) * Plasticolors, Inc., OH * Plastics Color Corp., NC Polymer Processing Technology, Inc., MA PolyOne Corp., GA * PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, GA * Prime Colorants Inc., TN * Quadra Corp., Prayon Pigments, NC Radiant radiant: see meteor shower. Color, Sub. of Magruder Color Co., Inc., CA Reade Advanced Materials, RI (D) * Regency Sales, Inc., CA (D) Rite Industries, NJ (D) * Rockwood Pigments, Inc., MD Sanyo Corp. of America, NY (D) SCI International (USA) Inc., NJ 2nd Story Concepts, Inc., OH * Seegott Inc., OH Seegott Inc., of N.J., NJ (D) * The Shepherd Color Co., OH * Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc., PA * Spectra Industries Inc., Specialty Chemicals Div., MD Spectra Plastics & Colors, Inc., NY (D) * SunChemical Corp., NJ Techmer PM, LLC, CA * Tecknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (C) * United Plastic Color Corp., NJ (D) Universal Plastic Color Corp., NJ * U.S. Synthetics Corp., MA (D) * Warner-Jenkinson Co., Div of Sensient Technologies, MO * Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Inc., NJ (D) * Wolstenholme International Inc., IL Zinc Corp. of America, PA CONDUCTIVE conductive having the quality of readily conducting electric current. conductive flooring flooring or floor covering made specially conductive to electrical current, usually by the inclusion of copper wiring that is earthed ADDITIVES ACLO Compounders, Inc., On (C) Advanced Dynamics Corp., Specialty Compounds Div., T X(C) Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL American Metal Fibers, Inc., IL American Resin Corp., TX Americhem Inc., OH Bekaert Corp., Bekaert Fibre Technologies, NC BYK-Chemie U.S.A. Inc., Plastics Div., CT Cabot Corp., Special Blacks Div., MA CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Colortech Inc., TN Columbian Chemicals Co., GA Denki Corp., NY D.J. Enterprises, Inc., OH EMD Chemicals Inc., Pigment Div., NY Epoxy Technology, Inc., MA Fortafill Fibers, Inc., TN Gemini Plastic Enterprises Inc., CA The C.P. Hall Co., IL Howard Industries, Inc., OH Hyperion Catalysis catalysis Modification (usually acceleration) of a chemical reaction rate by addition of a catalyst, which combines with the reactants but is ultimately regenerated so that its amount remains unchanged and the chemical equilibrium of the conditions of the reaction is not International, MA Inco Special Products, NJ Ishihara Corp., (U.S.A.), CA Lescon Inc., ME (D) D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, OH Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Marconi Aerospace Inc., NC Meadowbroook Inventions, Inc., NJ Mereco Products Div., Metachem Resins Corp., RI NanoMaterials, Inc., RI (D) Peacock Colors, IL Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA (D) Plasticolors, Inc., OH Plastiflex Co., Inc., CA Potters Industries, Inc., PA PQ Corp., PA Precision Fabrics Group, Inc., Formed Fabrics Div., NC Reade Advanced Materials, RI (D) Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics, Structural Ceramic Group, NY Supermin Div., Div. of George C. Hawley & Assoc., NY Techmer PM, LLC, TN (C) Techmer PM, LLC, CA Transmet Corp., OH Wolstenholme International Inc., IL Zoltek Corp., Carbon & Graphite graphite (grăf`īt), an allotropic form of carbon, known also as plumbago and black lead. It is dark gray or black, crystalline (often in the form of slippery scales), greasy, and soft, with a metallic luster. Div., MO COOLING-WATER TREATMENT CHEMICALS ACLO Compounders, Inc., On (C) AEC, Inc., IL Albermarle Corp., LA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) American Resin Corp., TX Analyzer analyzer /ana·ly·zer/ (an´ah-li?zer) 1. a Nicol prism attached to a polarizing apparatus which extinguishes the ray of light polarized by the polarizer. 2. Systems of Atlanta, GA ArctiChill, SC (D) Automatic Filters, Inc., CA Bayer Polymers LLC, PA Bradford Derustit Corp., NY Calgon Corp., Sub. of English China Clays, PA Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Great Lakes Chemical Corp., IN Industrotech, MI Innovative Water Technologies, Inc., MI Jamestown Chemical Co., Inc., CT (D) Lonza Group, NJ# Mateson Chemical Corp., PA (C) Monsanto Co., Chemical Group, MO Opti Temp Inc., MI Process Efficiency Products Inc., NC Rhodia, Inc., NJ Thermal Care Inc., IL Vetter Associates, NJ (D) CROSSLINK AGENTS For Thermoplastics Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Albermarle Corp., LA AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., Organic Peroxides Div., PA Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Crompton Corp., Plastics Additives, CT# Cytec Industries Inc., NJ Degussa Intiators Inc., NJ Dow Chemical Co., MI Dow Corning Corp., MI Dupont Co., Chemical Dept., DE E-BEAM See electron beam. Services, Inc., NJ Esschem Co., PA Norac Co., Inc., CA Polyesther Corp., NY (D) Polyvel Inc., NJ Ricon Resins Inc., CO Sartomer Co., Inc., PA Seegott Inc., of N.J., N.J. (D) Shepherd Chemical Co., OH Toter, Inc., NC (C) Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (C) CROSSLINK AGENTS Radiation Sensitizers radiation sensitizer Oncology Any agent which ↑ cell susceptibility to ionizing radiation Explanation Most CA cells are hypoxic and thus more resistant to radiation; a hypoxic-cell RS–eg, etanidazole, misonidazole, nimorazole would, theoretically Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH E-BEAM Services, Inc., NJ H.W. Sands Corp., FL (D) Velsicol Chemical Corp., IL DEGRADATION PROMOTERS Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Ampacet Corp., NY Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) Colortech Inc., TN ECOssais LLC, NY Mateson Chemical Corp., PA (C) OMG Americas, Metal Organics, OH Plastics Color Corp., NC PolyReps Inc., NC (C) Willow willow, common name for some members of the Salicaceae, a family of deciduous trees and shrubs of worldwide distribution, especially abundant from north temperate to arctic areas. Ridge Plastics, Inc., KY DESICCANT desiccant /des·ic·cant/ (des´i-kant) 1. promoting dryness. 2. an agent that promotes dryness. des·ic·cant n. ADDITIVES AEC, Inc., IL Analyzer Systems of Atlanta, GA Budget Molders Supply, Inc., OH BYK-Chemie U.S.A. Inc., Plastics Div., CT D.J. Enterprises, Inc., OH Fuji Silysia Chemical, NC The C.P. Hall Co., IL (D) Plastic Process Equipment, Inc., OH# UOP LLC, IL Willow Ridge Plastics, Inc., KY FILLER fill·er 1 n. One that fills, as: a. Something added to augment weight or size or fill space. b. A composition, especially a semisolid that hardens on drying, used to fill pores, cracks, or holes in wood, plaster, Microspeheres ( Hollow or Solid) ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON (C) AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) * America's Best Buildings Products, IL * Cataphone, Inc., MS Colortech Inc., TN Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) Composites One LLC, IL (D) Compositions Materials Co., Inc., CT (D) * D. J. Enterprises, Inc., OH Eckart America LP, KY * Emerson & Cunning Cunning See also Trickery. Adler, Irene cleverly foiled Sherlock Holmes and the King of Bohemia. [Br. Lit.: Doyle “A Scandal in Bohemia” in Sherlock Holmes] Artful Dodger Composite Materials, Inc., MA * Expancel Inc., GA FRP Supply, Div. of Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Fuji Silysia Chemical, NC * Grefco Minerals Inc., CA Hastings Plastics Co., CA Innovative Polymers, Inc., MI (C) L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) Midwest Fiberglass Supply, WI (D) * NanoMaterials, Inc., RI (D) * Optimer, Inc., DE * Polar Minerals, Inc., IN * Potters Industries, Inc., PA * PQ Corp., PA * Reade Advanced Materials, RI (D) * H.M. Royal Inc., NJ (D) Seegott Inc., of N.J., NJ Shamrock shamrock, a plant with leaves composed of three leaflets. According to legend it was used by St. Patrick in explaining the doctrine of the Trinity; it is now used as the emblem of Ireland. An artificial or real shamrock leaf is customarily worn on St. Patrick's Day. Technologies, Inc., NJ * Silbrico Corp., IL * Supermin Div., Div. of George C. Hawley & Assoc., NY * 3M Specialty Materials, MN FILLERS Mineral or Other Inorganic inorganic /in·or·gan·ic/ (in?or-gan´ik) 1. having no organs. 2. not of organic origin. in·or·gan·ic n. 1. Type * Abrasive abrasive, material used to grind, smooth, cut, or polish another substance. Natural abrasives include sand, pumice, corundum, and ground quartz. Carborundum (silicon carbide) and alumina (aluminum oxide) are important synthetically produced abrasives. Machine & Supply Co., NJ (D) * Adell Plastics Inc., MD * Advanced Ceramics Corp., OH * Akrochem Corp., OH (D) Albermarle Corp., LA Alcan Chemicals, Div. of Alcan Aluminum Corp., OH Alcoa World Chemicals, AR AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Allied Custom Gypsum gypsum (jĭp`səm), mineral composed of calcium sulfate (calcium, sulfur, and oxygen) with two molecules of water, CaSO4·2H2O. It is the most common sulfate mineral, occurring in many places in a variety of forms. ., OK * AluChem Inc., OH * American Metal Fibers, Inc., IL Ampacet Corp., NY Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) * Baikowski International, NC Bayshore Industrial, Sub. of ICO Polymers, TX Brenntag Canada Inc., ON (D) * Burgess BURGESS. A magistrate of a borough; generally, the chief officer of the corporation, who performs, within the borough, the same kind of duties which a mayor does in a city. In England, the word is sometimes applied to all the inhabitants of a borough, who are called burgesses sometimes it Pigment Co., GA * Cabot Corp., Cab-O-Sil Div., IL * Cancarb Ltd., AB * Celite Corp., CA * Cemex, Minerals Div., PA Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Colortech Inc., TN Composite Materials, CA (D) Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) Composites One LLC, IL (D) Composition Materials Co., Inc., CT (D) * Custom Grinders Sales, Inc., GA * Degussa Corp., NJ# Delta Colours., GA * D.J. Enterprises, Inc., OH * Dry Branch Kaolin kaolin (kā`əlĭn): see china clay. Co., GA Eagle-Picher Minerals, Inc., Sub of Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., NV * Eagle Quality Products Co., INc., NJ (D) * Eckart America LP, KY * Endex International, IL * Enelhard Corp., Appearance/Performance Technologies, NJ Esschem Co., PA Franklin Industrial Minerals, NC * Franklin Industrial Minerals, Specialty Products Div., GA * Fujimi America Inc., OR * Glitterex Corp., NJ * W.R. Grace & Co., Grace Davison, MD * Grefco Minerals Inc., CA * The C.P. Hall Co., IL * J.M. Huber Corp., Chemicals Div., MD * J.M. Huber Corp., Engineered Materials, GA * Imerys Pigments & Additives Div., GA Innovative Polymers, Inc., MI (C) * K-T K-T Cretaceous-Tertiary Feldspar feldspar (fĕl`spär, fĕld`–) or felspar (fĕl`spär), an abundant group of rock-forming minerals which constitute 60% of the earth's crust. Corp., Div. of Kentucky-Tennesee Clay Co., KY Lansco Colors, Landers-Segal Color Co., Inc., NJ (D) LaRoche Industries Inc., LA L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) * Luzenac America, CO Magnum Ceramic Composites Div., Magnum Industries, IN * Malvern Minerals Co., AR * The R. J. Marshall Co., MI# Martin Marietta Martin Marietta Corporation was founded in 1961 through the merger of The Martin Company and American-Marietta Corporation. The combined company became a leader in aggregates, cement, chemicals, aerospace, and electronics. Magnesia Magnesia, ancient cities, Lydia Magnesia (măgnē`zhə), two ancient cities of Lydia, W Asia Minor (now W Turkey). They were colonies of the Magnetes, a tribe of E Thessaly. Specialties LLC, MD# * Martin Marietta Materials Martin Marietta Materials is in the aggregate, chemical, and composite material business. It is the second largest producer of crushed stone, sand, and gravel in the United States. It is a leading U.S. , Oyster oyster, edible bivalve mollusk found in beds in shallow, warm waters of all oceans. The shell is made up of two valves, the upper one flat and the lower convex, with variable outlines and a rough outer surface. Shell Products Div., AL Midwest Elastomers, Inc., OH * Millenium Specialty Chemicals, Inc., MD * Milwhite, Inc., TX Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) * Nanocor, IL * NanoMaterials, Inc., RI (D) * Nanova LLC, PA * Nyco, AB * Omya Inc., GA * Pacer Corp., SD Plasco Corp., MI * Polar Minerals, Inc., IN Polymer Products Co., Inc., PA * PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, GA PPG Industries, Fiber Glass Products, PA * Premier Chemicals LLC, OH * Reade Advanced Materials, RI (D) * RMc Industries, Inc., CO * H.M. Royal Inc., NJ (D) Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics, Structural Ceramic Group, NY * Seegott Inc., OH Seegott Inc., of N.J., NJ (D) Seegott Inc., of N.J., NJ * Shamokin Filler Co., Inc., PA * Sherwood Diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s Inc., GA * Silbrico Corp., IL * Sloss Industries Corp., AL * Southern Clay Products, Inc., TX * Specialty Minerals Inc., Sub. of Mineral Technologies Inc., PA Spectra Industries Inc., Specialty Chemicals Div., MD Supermin Div., Div. of George C. Hawley & Assoc., NY * Teknor Color Co., Div of Teknor Apex Co., RI * Transmet Corp., OH Uniform Color CO., MI * Unifrax Corp., Fibers Div., NY * Unimin Specialty Minerals Inc., IL * U.S. Gypsum Co., IL * U.S. Silica silica or silicon dioxide, chemical compound, SiO2. It is insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alkalies, and soluble in dilute hydrofluoric acid. Pure silica is colorless to white. Co., WV# Utah Clay Technology Inc., UT * R.T. Vandebitt Co., Inc., CT * Washington Penn Plastics Co., Inc., PA * Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Inc., NJ (D) * Zemex Industrial Minerals, GA FILLERS Organic Type * Agrashell, Inc., CA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) American Fillers & Abrasives abrasives Sharp, hard materials used to wear away the surface of softer, less resistant materials. Abrasives are indispensable to the manufacture of the highly precise components and ultrasmooth surfaces required in the manufacture of automobiles, airplanes and space , Inc., MI (C) * American Wood Fibers, WI Cabot Corp., Special Blacks Div., MA * Claremont Flock Corp., MA Colortech Inc., TN Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) * Composition Materials Co., Inc., CT CreaFill Fibers Corp., MD * Dodge-Regupol, Inc., PA * ECOssais LLC, NY * Fiber Sales & Development Corp., NJ * Imerys Pigments & Additives Div., GA Landfill Solutions, Inc., TN Midwest Fiberglass Supply, WI (D) * P.J. Murphy Forest Products Corp., NJ * NanoMaterials, Inc., RI (D) Plasco Corp., MI * Plastics Color & Compounding, CT P.W.I Industries Inc., PQ Reade Advanced Materials, RI (D) * J. Rettenmaier USA, MI Shamrock Technologies, Inc., NJ World Wide Wood Fibers, Inc., GA FLAME RETARDANTS Flame retardants are materials that inhibit or resist the spread of fire. Naturally occurring substances such as asbestos as well as synthetic materials, usually halocarbons such as polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorendic acid Smoke Suppressants ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON (C) Addenda Corp., IN * Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., NY * Albermale Corp., LA * Alcan Chemicals, Div. of Alcan Aluminum Corp., OH * Alcoa World Chemicals, AR AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) * Allied Custom Gypsum, OK * AluChem Inc., OH * AmeriBrom, Inc., NY * Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ * Asarco Inc., Specialty Metals, AZ Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Div., OH (D) * Baikowski International, NC * Borden Chemical Inc., Melamine melamine (mĕl`əmēn'), common name for 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-triazine. Melamine is a trimer (see polymer) of cyanamide, H2NC≡N, and is synthesized from calcium carbide. 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